Risk stratification tools for patients with syncope in emergency medical services and emergency departments: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with a syncope constitute a challenge for risk stratification in (prehospital) emergency care. Professionals in EMS and ED need to differentiate the high-risk from the low-risk syncope patient, with limited time and resources. Clinical decision rules (CDRs) are designed to support professionals in risk stratification and clinical decision-making. Current CDRs seem unable to meet the standards to be used in the chain of emergency care. However, the need for a structured approach for syncope patients remains. We aimed to generate a broad overview of the available risk stratification tools and identify key elements, scoring systems and measurement properties of these tools.

Methods

We performed a scoping review with a literature search in MEDLINE, CINAHL, Pu

SUBMITTER: Uit Het Broek LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10508018 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature